These figures were for the Training Program route only.
Excludes international medical graduates. There were 27 New Zealand trainees and 1 overseas trainee who also passed fellowship examination.
Excludes international medical graduates.
There are two components to this examination and both must be passed to progress. The figure of 23 represents those that passed both components.
There are two components to this examination and both must be passed to progress. This figure represents those that passed both components within the 2013 calendar year.
Includes 32 New Zealand trainees and 1 overseas trainee who also passed fellowship examination.
There are two components to this examination and both must be passed to progress. This figure represents those that passed both components within the 2014 calendar year.
Includes 33 New Zealand, 2 overseas and 22 International Medical Graduate trainees who passed fellowship examination.
Exam results for adult and paediatric medicine refer to the basic training written and clinical exams.
These figures are for the Training Program route only.
Overall annual pass rate. A candidate may have attempted the fellowship examination more than once during the year.
Individual pass rate. This counts all examination attempts made by a candidate during the year.
Source: Medical colleges
New College Fellows
Current Data
There were 2,993 new fellows of medical colleges in 2014. Of these, 1,399 or 46.7% were females (Table 4.40). Nearly one-fifth (557 or 18.6%) were overseas trained specialists who were assessed as having qualifications substantially comparable with specialists trained by the medical college in Australia and awarded fellowship of that college.
Table 4.40: New fellows: Total, females and overseas trained specialists by medical specialty, 2014